Word: succeed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Morrow. (Dwight W. Morrow-looked upon by some as a likely Secretary of the Treasury should Mr. Mellon quit. At Amherst, in 1895, so runs the fable, everyone but one voted Morrow "most likely to succeed." Morrow voted Coolidge "most likely to succeed...
...made, no one has yet found the top of the world. Probably Peary, in 1909 came within 15 miles of the Pole, and that was very close. On that trip Peary lay on his stomach for 30 hours sighting to determine the exact spot, and then didn't quite succeed. In 1925 Byrd and I probably flew over the Pole, but the trembling of the plane made sighting impossible. It is believed that on his 1926 fly, Byrd passed over the Pole, but no one will ever know for certain...
With the post of coach of the sextet now vacant due to the resignation of E. L. Bigelow '21, it is at present unknown who will succeed to the position. Mentor for the last three years, Bigelow produced two of the best sextets Harvard has over had. During his period, 27 games have been won as opposed to two ties and nine defeats, and the series with Yale has been won for the past two seasons...
After 6 a. m. Senator Capper of Kansas who had slept through many a telephone jangle, came in and was promptly deemed physical ly fit enough to succeed frazzled Senator Moses of New Hampshire in the Presiding Officer's chair. Vice President Dawes had left at 10 p. m. and Mr. Moses had done the heavy night work. Early in the morning Mr. Dawes returned. . . . At last, a quorum was present. But the filibusterers* kept the floor, allowed no one to move a vote on the Boulder Dam bill. Senator Hiram Johnson of California, co-author of the bill...
...will wreck more students than we can afford to lose. Advisers, assistants, course instructors, examiners, and "the Office," all must put their shoulders to the wheel. Our main reliance is upon the tutors. Without them the plan would never have been suggested and without their hearty cooperation it cannot succeed. Their intimate personal relationship with their students will count for more than any other safeguard. The work of assistants must continue to improve. The technique of course lecturing and examination will have to be overhauled and adjusted and readjusted. General examiners must cudgel their brains and harden their hearts...